I have 3 computors connected via a network and all run win xp pro. each computor has Pentium 4 3.4 GHz with 2 GB of Ram. I have on a separate drive installed win 7 RC and no trouble with connecting to the internet but I cannot connect to the network and I don't seem to be able to find network wizard.can somebody help me?

Go to networking and sharing center.... is the network listed as public???

Hi Driftwood, If you could not see any other computer in Network, Network Discovery may be not enabled. I suggest that you turn on Network Discovery. 1. Click Start->Control Panel. Double-click on Network and Sharing Center. 2. In the left pane, click on "Change advanced sharing settings".3. Turn on Network Discovery. However, if you could see other computers from Network, but cannot access any of them, please let us know if there is any error message. If error message is received, please press Ctrl+C to copy the content and paste into your post.Arthur Xie - MSFT

I have a similar problem.... the thing is we have a network with all files on a server... I can see the server with windows 7 x64... no problem so far... but i can't have access... i use the correct user name and password... but nothing, it appears the dialog once and again like if the username or password were wrong... By the way... the internet conection works fine too... Thanks in advance...

Hi Leo, Are there other computers? If so, how do they work? What is the system of your server, is it Windows Server 2003? If so, the issue may be caused by the different authentication level. You will find that the authentication levels in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 7 RC are different. You may change the level in Windows 7 RC to make it the same as in the server to try to resolve the issue. Network security: LAN Manager authentication levelArthur Xie - MSFT

Hey Arthur, yes... there are many other computers working with windows XP Pro and one or two laptops with Vista, the server its Linux Suse 9.0 (it was already there when i came!! i swear! haha). I will try to change the authetication level and see if it works...Thank you

I have just upgraded to Win7 Build 7100. I had the same problem in that I could see all my networked XP machines but not access any of the shared files. All my networked Vista machines were accessible ok. It took a lot of sorting out but was as simple as uninstalling the Network adapter in device manager on the XP machines and then restarting the computers. Not had a problem since! Good luck.

With Network discovery and all that turned on, I still had trouble. I turned off my windows 7 Firewall, let it discover my xp computers on the network and turned my firewall back on. Seems like a clugely way to do it but it worked for me.

Gentlemen... success! it was the "authentication levels" issue.. Now, i can access the server files without problems Thank you!

Many thanksall seems to be going nowSeems strage to me that microsoft tell us not to use win7 RC on a computor that is currently being used and then we are told that Homegroup will only work between computors with win 7 RCby the way I don't have a server. all 3 coputors are hard wired to a routerregardsjohn driftwood